• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    This is why, as a straight dude, I wholeheartedly support everyone in the LGBTQ+ community. They’re people, just like everyone else, and I’m sure there’s some that are just terrible people, but on the whole, they’re just folks trying to find their happiness just like everyone else.

    I consider myself an ally, and I’ll use any power I have to promote equality for everyone; whether that entails voting against people who would take their rights away, or try to silence them or whatever, speaking out against tyranny or judgemental asshats… It doesn’t matter.

    IMO, we are people first. Your choice in name, pronouns, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc, are all secondary to the fact that you are a human person deserving of all the same rights and privileges afforded to everyone else.

    My favorite (tongue in cheek) comment, specifically about (gay) marriage is that LGBTQ+ people should have the right to be just as unhappy as the rest of us, in marriage.

  • recklessengagement@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I don’t care whether this story is true or not but I can absolutely confirm that lesbian friends fucking rock

    My friends have reciprocated every ounce of support I’ve given, have helped be to better myself, boosted my confidence, have given me perspectives on life and interpersonal interaction that I otherwise may have been blind to, and are generally wonderful to be around.

    Sorry to rant just really love my friends and wanted to tell people they are missing out although of course your experience may vary

      • qyron@sopuli.xyz
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        10 months ago

        It’s obviously not a good thing but, in this particular case, it was the cheating promoting a very wholesome outcome.

        The cheater got the boot. The cheated got ahead in life.

        Game. Set. Match.